Served 3 years (3/20/50 to 5/19/53) in AFRES (non-flying) Air Installation (497th Boeing Field, Seattle) unit. Call up for active duty (21 months) on 2/16/51 to 10/25/52; included 18 months of active duty with 73rd Air Installation; 73rd Air Depot Wing in Chateauroux, France (NATO). I was the NCOIC of the Engineering Office while at this base. Upon returning to Seattle was put on inactive reserve status. At my request I was discharged from the AFRES on May 19, 1953 with the rank of M/Sgt.

Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s):

Worked as civil engineer in construction as project engineer, estimator, superintendent to project manager with corporate officer positions.

Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing:

I feel it was a privilege and honor to have been chosen to serve with the 468th (the Billy Mitchell Group) from 6/28/44 to my last mission on 7/28/45.

Comments:

In my opinion, the flight crews' survival was due to the ground crews (crew chief, mechanics, armorers, control tower operators, Boeing engineers, and all the other ground personnel) that were dedicated hard-working people that made the 58th a great organization.